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Trial Purpose:
To evaluate new formulation for all purpose cleaning following GS 37 requirements.
Date Run:
10/27/2009Experiment Procedure:
The supplied cleaning product was used at the supplied concentration (4%). A second product, selected by the lab, was used at the vendor supplied concentration. Preweighed ceramic were coated with Hucker's Soil Formulation (Jif Creamy Peanut Butter 9.2%, Salted Butter 9.2%, Arrowhead Mills stone ground wheat flour 9.2%, Egg Yolk 9.2%, Evaporated milk 13.8%, Distilled water 45.8%, Printer's ink with boiled linseed oil 0.9%, Shaws saline solution 2.7%) using a handheld swab and allowed to dry for 24 hours at room temperature. The contaminated coupons were weighed again to determine the amount of soil added.
Three coupons were placed into a Gardner Straight Line Washability unit. A Kimberly Clark Reinforced paper towel was attached to the cleaning sled and soaked with 5-7 sprays of cleaning solutions. Each coupon was sprayed 7-10 times with the same cleaning solution. The solution was allowed to penetrate for 30 seconds followed by cleaning in the SLW unit for 20 cycles (~33 seconds). At the end of the cleaning, coupons were wiped once with a dry paper towel. Final weights were recorded, and efficiencies were calculated and recorded.
Trial Results:
Both the supplied product and conventional product were ineffective in removing the Hucker's Soil with a manual wiping action. The table lists the amount of soil initially added and the amount remaining after cleaning and the product efficiency for each coupon cleaned.
Cleaner | Initial wt | Final wt | % Removed |
Super H2O2 Ceramic | 0.2435 | 0.0737 | 69.73 |
0.2355 | 0.0735 | 68.79 | |
0.1201 | 0.0595 | 50.46 | |
Super H2O2 Painted steel | 0.1690 | 0.0248 | 85.33 |
0.1066 | 0.0261 | 75.52 | |
0.0551 | 0.0219 | 60.25 | |
Super H2O2 Plastic | 0.0671 | 0.0080 | 88.08 |
0.0502 | 0.0023 | 95.42 | |
0.0534 | 0.0053 | 90.07 | |
Super H2O2 SS | 0.1699 | 0.0601 | 64.63 |
0.1379 | 0.0137 | 90.07 | |
0.1313 | 0.0133 | 89.87 | |
Formula 409 Ceramic | 0.1121 | 0.0361 | 67.80 |
1.0450 | 0.0594 | 94.32 | |
0.1063 | 0.0684 | 35.65 | |
Formula 409 Painted Steel | 0.1849 | 0.0351 | 81.02 |
0.2293 | 0.0647 | 71.78 | |
0.1090 | 0.0356 | 67.34 | |
Formula 409 Plastic | 0.1106 | 0.0025 | 97.74 |
0.1276 | 0.0143 | 88.79 | |
0.1471 | 0.0142 | 90.35 | |
Formula 409 SS | 0.0829 | 0.0202 | 75.63 |
0.1801 | 0.0301 | 83.29 | |
0.1108 | 0.0304 | 72.56 |
Success Rating:
A follow up test, usually based on company input.Conclusion:
The supplied product had an overall average efficiency less than 85% and would not be considered effective based on the SSL testing methodology for all purpose cleaning. A follow up test will be conducted using a higher concentration for the supplied product.